Carles Puyol's international retirement has hit Spain hard: Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos are fine players but do not have the sheer animal force of the Barcelona legend.

Perhaps Del Bosque will consider replacing one of his centre-backs with Javi Martinez just to freshen things up.

4) San Iker deposed?

Is this the end of the line for Iker Casillas? No longer undroppable at club level, he had a nightmare against the Netherlands, gifting Robin van Persie a goal and scrabbling on the floor for Arjen Robben's second.

San Iker may be spared by an injury to understudy David De Gea on this occasion but the writing is on the wall.